by Geoff Fox
About a month and a half ago, Shentel Communications showed up at Hancock Town Hall asking about their equipment in the building. The town’s internet and phone service are through Comcast.
After doing some research, Town Manager Mike Faith found out the University of Maryland ran a fiber optic line from Ashburn, Va., to Frostburg for educational requirements. They stopped in Hancock to regenerate the signal.
“So we’ve had fiber optic internet…
